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The unemployment challenge : Labour market policies for the recession

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  • de Raad, Jean-Pierre

    (New Zealand Institute of Economic Research)

  • Andrews, Grant

    (New Zealand Institute of Economic Research)

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Over the next year another 50,000 people will become unemployed. The number of unemployed will surpass that of the last recession of 1997-98. To address the unemployment challenge New Zealand needs to supplement existing job search assistance with investment in training and business capital to push long term productivity growth. Subsidies to prop up jobs and firms should be avoided.

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  • de Raad, Jean-Pierre & Andrews, Grant, 2009. "The unemployment challenge : Labour market policies for the recession," NZIER Working Paper 2009/2, New Zealand Institute of Economic Research.
    • Handle: RePEc:ris:nzierw:2009_002
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    1. David C. Maré, 2005. "Indirect Effects of Active Labour Market Policies," Working Papers 05_01, Motu Economic and Public Policy Research.
    2. Martin, John P. & Grubb, David, 2001. "What works and for whom: a review of OECD countries' experiences with active labour market policies," Working Paper Series 2001:14, IFAU - Institute for Evaluation of Labour Market and Education Policy.
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    Keywords

    unemployment; New Zealand;

    JEL classification:

    • E24 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Employment; Unemployment; Wages; Intergenerational Income Distribution; Aggregate Human Capital; Aggregate Labor Productivity
    • J60 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - General

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